"I've been told by the detective squad that her prognosis is good," Bridgeport police spokesman William Kaempffer said. "She's expected to make a full recovery."

Hearst Connecticut Newspapers is withholding the teen's name because she is the victim of a violent crime. Detectives are trying to determine whether the girl was the intended target of the shooting, Kaempffer said.

She was standing in front of a house on Ezra Street about 9:30 p.m. Saturday when she was shot by someone in a passing car, police said. A friend standing with the victim was not injured.

On Sunday afternoon, near what police described as the site of the shooting, a boy who identified himself as 17 years old, said his 14-year-old sister was the girl who was with the victim. He declined to give his name or his sister's.

Police said the victim was driven in a private vehicle to St. Vincent's after being shot.